... Didipio Gold and Copper Mine (Didipio mine) in the Northern Luzon province of Nueva Vizcaya started open-pit commercial production in 2013. It continues to operate despite a suspension order issued on ...
... to allow their operations and declare unlawful the provincial government’s stoppage order.
Barricade
Because of these legal debacles and local protests, OceanaGold declared full suspension of its ...
... they were not consulted about the project as required by law.
The Court issued a ruling upholding the suspension of mining activity in September 2018.
Environmental organisations from Central America ...
... and San José de Golfo, north of Guatemala City. The suspension remains in effect, pending a final decision from the Constitutional Court. Even after the Supreme Court ordered the suspension, the company ...
... the company (Goldcorp) announced a "temporary suspension" in 2013 due to thermal waters that caused flooding in the tunnels.
A residente from Asuncion Mita looks at the Ostua River, where thermal waters ...
... of emergency for 10 consecutive months (unprecedented in times of peace in country) with the consequent suspension of basic rights.
Add to this the contracts between mining companies and the police ...
... the suspension of the license for exploitation for the controversial Progreso VII Mining Project, commonly known as El Tambor. Despite the court’s order, the Guatemalan Ministry of Energy and Mining stated ...
... that the country's highest court rule on the demand for a suspension of the San Rafael mining company's permit to operate a mine in that municipality. Credit: Edgardo Ayala / IPS
GUATEMALA CITY, May 4 ...
... consent must issue moratoriums or suspensions of licenses and concessions of extractivist projects, to guarantee respect for human rights.
the Salvadoran Government, in particular, besides having introduced ...
... of Casillas against the El Escobal mining project, operated by the San Rafael mining company. In both instances communities have organized in 24-hour shifts to defend the provisional suspension of mining ...
... Cabañas.
Explorations were unofficially suspended in 2008 by the Administration of the ex-president of El Salvador Elias Antonio Saca. That suspension resulted in a demand of more than $300 million against ...
... Environmental Secretary who ordered the suspension of the Didipio mine was not confirmed under heavy pressure from the mining lobby in the Philippines in May, but the underlying conflicts have not gone ...
... across all our operations,” OceanaGold stated in a media release February 14, 2017, the day it received the suspension order.
Padilla begs to differ. “The reality of OceanaGold’s so-called ‘responsible ...
... El Salvador lleva siete años sin la respuesta de la demanda del CIADI
El Salvador Times: Banco Mundial urgido a evitar condena a El Salvador en demanda minera
Voces nuestras: En El Salvador, exigen suspensiones ...
A recently published essay by Phd candidate Rachel Nadelman looks at the role of the Catholic Church in the anti-mining struggle in El Salvador.
Abstract:
"A majority of Salvadoran citizens and ...
* Rachel Nadelman: Aula Blog
El Salvador’s refusal to allow gold mining within its borders sets it apart from most other Latin American countries, but the mining suspension is far from permanent. Since ...
... US. Oral arguments for the case were heard last September and a final ruling is expected to be released in the near future.
Meanwhile Alejandro Guevara's life remains in suspension.
He is a community ...
... the national government introduced a suspension on administrative processes related to mining, communities remain uncertain as proposed legislation to ensure the permanent prohibition of mining remains ...
... of the Environment which focuses only on the suspension of administrative processes related to mining, she stated that after the release, in 2012, of the Strategic Environmental Evaluation of the mining ...
... Salvador Sanchez Ceren was emphatic in his statement that he will advocate for the suspension of all mining activity in the Trifinio Reserve area, alluding to the Cerro Blanco mining project located in ...